Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with pneumonia at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 317-322

  Bii, C C ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a   Kai, M ^a   Nagai, K ^a   Sugiura, Y ^a   Taguchi, H ^a   Chakaya, J M ^a   Mbugua, G G ^a   Kamiya, H ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; M PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ADENOVIRUS; ADHESION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CANDIDA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; KENYA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIROLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036621978     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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